Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-07-03

cows Aelt on IN lncH INK Aour POUNDS
to the COW at first, two pounds of
which We recovered later. leaving US
with a shrinkage Of eight per cent. in
a week. II we do not get this back
soon, no amount Of rich pasture later
viii give the full yield that Is obtainA-
Die. That is why we ought TO be care
full and keep the How steady. Neighbor
Guthrie has harley headed out. ought
20 have had some for a contingency
like this of shortening pastures, Rye
would have been better, because ear
her, and would have been more ma
ture.
Hay has been high, from 81 70 as
per ton; II Is selling today, June 22d.
Told hay) al S2i. Because it has been
high for the year, farmers have looked
With more favor on the meadows, and
will cut over much land that otherwise
would have gone into pasture. As a
consequence, In many places pasture
Is short, aud w have been overrun
with applications for pasture.
Fred took pride ia showing me the
feeding managers in the stables the last
time I was over 70 Puyallup. Just
three months ago he sent for hay
cutter, and began cutting the hay for
the horses--all that was fed 10 any an
inal on the place. The cost of cutting
by hand is great, 49, per toni yet at
that we are sure il pays. There is not
a particle OF waste Of hay or gram.
The managers are turned into feeding
troughs. The cut hay is all moistened
and mixed with the ground feed, and a
ration fed that will be eaten up clean.
A few DAYS after | sent for old Dick
and Barney 10 come over to the cream
cry farm, Fred wrote: e say that, II
YOU want 20 get the best work out of
Dick, feed him wet feed as we.are do
ing-ten pounds Of cut hay and four
teen pounds Of chop and corn meal
mixed" The men had said that the
teams would not eat the mixed feed.
The trouble was, the men did not mix
il and did not moisten il; sometimes
oyer-feeding, sometimes under-feeding
and meantime laying the blame on
- this new notion To settle that
hash" one man was designated to ra-
ton and feed the horses, thirteen in
number, and the difficulty disappeared
at once. We now think OF temporarily
rieking the hay, then cut il by power
and store il in the haIn as cut. ] am
satisfied fully Is per cent. Of the hay
will be saved by so doing.
one Of my neighbors was hauling
hay today past our place. ca get So
/ a ton, sir, for this here, he said, in
I answer to my inquiry. Two years ago
/ tlils .aInv quality would AGA have evlsi
( for over $40; the year before, still low
err. 30, last year, many pastnred their
meadows and were not inclined To- re-
new them, 80 this year there Is a
{ shortage, an active demand and high
/ prices. A farmer ought 20 have high
prices for hay sold of the farm Sell
ing hay j. like selling the farm by piece
meal, unless other crops are raised ana
7 feed or special manures bought to com
/ pensate for the material sold. The
I difference in value between feeding hay
on the place or selling and removing Il
off. 90 be fed elsewhere, varies greatly
I according 20 what Is fed, and what the
/ value of the land and opportunities Tor
replacement OF that removed. have
no doubt but here the difference is fully
equal to 81 ton for the hay sold that
I is. would rather sell hay at $40 ton
to be fed on the place than for sl2 TO
be carried away.
And vet IL Is amazing % see how
many Of our farmers LET this valuable
material 20 To waste. have in my
mind a barn near Puyallup where the
Z denominations for years have gone on,
anti positively stock can scarcely sc,
I in or out OF the sheds; the manure
being piled up fully three feet high IN
aud outside the barn, showing a mea-
snre Of unthrift one could scarcely
deem possible In a civilized commn-
nifty. Show me the man that neglects
this source Of profit on the farm, and
ten 10 one can point 60 the same man
unthrifty and untidy In other respects
not enterprising. and too often not
hurt with Intelligence.
Alvord has drilled his corn " as thick
As il could stick IN the row so thick
that the corn cannot possibly mature
and Is AT best bound to grow spind.
ling" Tie has FIVE acres Of corn that
IS 10 be fed green 50 the dairy He
saws he will cut Il or begin on il wher
knee high that then L viii make IN,
COWS gain e. that cit viii make mill
anyway" This was In response to m!
rcmonstrance about leaving the corr
50 thick on the ground and cutting :,
early. The time was when such VA
Recommended hy agricultural writer
and practiced by dsirymen. That dap
has gone by In dairy districts with anl
considerable experience in feeding
green corn. The advanced experience
a the most successful feeders Is 4
thin out until corn crop would ma
ture u left upon the gruDad lOnl
enough, bat - cut e While in tn
Sc roastiEe ear or rather when q htu'
too hard Tor even that. At that tint
the stock has stored all or about al
the material 20 mature the crop, yet !
snccalent and sweet, and has = sub
stance far bcyon6 that oi the earl!
cut. immature. thickly sown corn
What We want i some early sow
barley OF wheat. or. perhaps bette
sin. rye 20 feed until the corn !
ready for feed we must, AZ times Il
the summer, Il continuous now o
. milk i obtained The daiTyman tia
doss not feed for a regular, continuou
law II milk j. nat on the royal high
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